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F-Secure Antivirus 2010
F-Secure Antivirus 2010

Platform: Win Vista, Win XP; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 11/2009

"F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 holds its own at stopping malware, and, despite a few bugs, is relatively smooth and easy to use. But it just can't keep up with the top antivirus apps."

1 review, 17 opinions (Excellent)

 
Antivirus Pro 9
Panda Security Antivirus Pro 2010

Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 11/2009

"Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 does a decent job at malware blocking, without being outstanding."

1 review

 
Alwil Software Avast Professional Edition 4.8
Alwil Software Avast Professional Edition 4.8

Platform: Win XP, Win 2000, Win Vista; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 12/2009

"What to make of Alwil Avast! Professional Edition 4.8? Alwil says that a new version of Avast due early next year revamps both the interface and the antivirus engine. We look forward to those …

1 review

 
 
ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.95.3

Platform: Win XP, Microsoft Windows, Win 2008 Server, Win 2003 Server, Win 2000, Win Vista; …; Newest review: 3/2010

"... Unfortunately, however unobtrusive ClamWin may be, we can't recommend it for the simple reason that it's useless at detecting viruses. In our recent Labs it missed an amazing 55 …

1 review

 
Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware 2010

Platform: Win Vista, Win XP, Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 11/2009

"Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware looks good, but in this unique software category looks take a distinct back seat to performance. And Trend's malware detection performance lags too far …

1 review

 
Sunbelt Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware
Sunbelt Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware

Platform: Win 2008 Server, Win 2003 Server, Win 2000, Win Vista, Win XP; Virus Scanner; …; Newest review: 5/2009

No obvious lag in performance and priced to make it highly competitive, Sunbelt's Vipre Anti-virus and Anti-spyware performs its tasks efficiently. Lack of boot-disk means this will not be of …

1 review, 28 opinions (Excellent)

 
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

Virus Scanner; Freeware; Newest review: 8/2009

"Some less-than-friendly default behaviours make Avira AntiVir Personal a better choice for tech-savvy users who know how to muck about in the settings. If you're willing to put up with a …

1 review

 
Alwil Software Avast Home Edition
Alwil Software Avast Home Edition

Virus Scanner; Freeware; Newest review: 8/2009

"Alwil Avast Antivirus Home Edition will do a decent job protecting a PC from malware, and it's free, but if you're willing to put up with a less-than-perfect interface (and some ads), …

1 review

 
Norton AntiVirus Gaming Edition 2009
Symantec Norton AntiVirus Gaming ED 2009

Platform: Win XP, Win Vista; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 9/2009

"... As you'd expect from a highly corporate attempt to entice gamers into buying your product, it includes a metallic interface, horrible choice of font and quite possibly the worst …

1 review

 
ClamWin Free Antivirus (2009)
ClamWin Free Antivirus (2009)

Platform: Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; Freeware; Newest review: 8/2009

"Although running an extra on-demand scan can be good as backup for your regular antivirus application, ClamWin Free Antivirus' poor detection rate means that you are better off running an …

1 review

 
 
PC Tools ThreatFire 4.5
PC Tools ThreatFire 4.5

Platform: Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; Freeware; Newest review: 8/2009

"Although Threatfire is designed to run with other apps, and we had no problems in our tests, it has conflicted with AVG in the past. That aside, we recommend PC Tools Threatfire 4.5 as a strong …

1 review

 
PC Tools iAntiVirus
PC Tools iAntiVirus

Platform: Mac OS X; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 4/2009

The Mac antivirus field is a rarefied place, given the absence of viruses and the very infrequent trojan and malware issues. iAntiVirus from PC Tools is best seen next to ClamXav, which serves the …

2 reviews

 
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition

Platform: Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; Newest review: 8/2009

With other free software than can genuinely protect against malware on your PC, there is no reason to consider PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition. On the other hand, Threatfire 4.5, also from PC Tools …

1 review

 
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Pro Anniversary Edition

Platform: Win Vista, Win XP; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 3/2009

With enough real additions and improvements in Lavasoft's 10th anniversary edition of Ad-Aware Pro, frequent database updates, ease of use and solid scanning and detection, little is found to be …

1 review

 
G Data G-Data Antivirus 2008
G Data G-Data Antivirus 2008

Platform: Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; Newest review: 8/2008

The G-Data Antivirus 2008 is a package you can rely on to handle all the dirty work. PC Pro thought that G-Data Antivirus 2008 would give you the peace of mind you would need to get on with your …

1 review

 
PC Tools iAntiVirus 1.0
PC Tools iAntiVirus 1.0

Platform: Mac OS X; Virus Scanner; No Freeware; Newest review: 6/2009

Looking only for Mac-based threats, PC Tools iAntiVirus 1.0 is small, lightweight and gentle on system resources. With threats limited to certain well-documented instances, it is a less useful …

1 review

 
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 Pro
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 Pro

Platform: Microsoft Windows; Virus Scanner; Newest review: 10/2008

While the disparate components each work well, Personal Computer World felt that the software wasn't as well integrated and a intuitively laid out as it could have been. The magazine also found …

2 reviews, 1 opinion (Excellent)

 
Norton Anti Virus 2008
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2008

Virus Scanner; Newest review: 4/2008

Pocket Lint found that when it comes to blocking spyware and viruses, Norton reigns supreme. It is a heavy installation but also a program that you can rely on to do all the dirty work.

2 reviews

 
PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5
PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5

Platform: Win 2000, Win Vista, Win XP; Virus Scanner; Newest review: 5/2008

With malware protection, a signature-based scanner and an in-depth system activity monitor are all well implemented, PC Advisor recommends using ThreatFire 3.5 in conjunction with an antivirus …

1 review

 
Fix It Utilities 7.0 Pro
Avanquest VCom Fix-It Utilities 7 Professional

Virus Scanner; Newest review: 10/2007

"Fix-It is a good choice for novices, but experienced users are better off with Sandra."

6 reviews, 3 opinions (Above average)

 
 


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